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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why cant there exist a leftist authoritarian ideology?

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Core leftist principles are directly at odds with authoritarianism.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What would you consider core leftist principles?

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Labor owning the means of production and the value of their labor, as well as every person actually being equal and having equal influence means the system inherently is collective rather than authoritative.